Referee committee

According to FESA rules "A referee committee must be selected in advance, and a list of referees must be made available to players before the start of the tournament. The referee committee must
have an odd number of members (3 as a minimum)." This committee consits of

Jochen Drechsler (Germany)

Mariusz Stanaszek (Poland)

Thomas Pfaffel (Austria)

According to FESA rules "While referees may be allowed to play during the tournaments, at least one person must remain available at any time to receive players’ complaints, queries or claims.
This person must be identified in public so that all tournament participants know who they can contact. In case of dispute, this person may call the referee committee at any time to resolve the
issue." This person is

Daniel Többens

If he is not available or busy, the following persons will help

Frank Rövekamp

Oliver Orschiedt

Special thanks ...

... go to our friends from Poland, France, the Netherlands and Austria for their support with clocks and shogi sets.